The time of spiritual harvest is here, or the discovery of Christian Science, the healing truth proved by Christ Jesus, would not have been made. Even in the days of Jesus there was a dearth of laborers to harvest the fruits of spiritual readiness for the Christ that he demonstrated. At one time when he was compassionately observing a fainting and undirected multitude, the Master said to his disciples, "The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest."Matt. 9:37, 38;
Today the Churches of Christ, Scientist, sometimes have the problem of finding enough willing workers to harvest the field of Truth. Jesus recommended prayer to his disciples for the solving of this serious problem, as the words just quoted show. Such prayer each of us can apply to himself. Each can rebuke the false consciousness that includes human indifference, the mortal consciousness that seems to be his own, and exchange it for the consciousness of God and His absolute control of His own idea, Church. This true consciousness includes only spontaneous action and inspired identities. This essential change of consciousness is the time of harvest, for by it the tares of evil belief are separated from the wheat of true concepts, the tares are destroyed, and the wheat is garnered into the barn of permanent inspiration. New life enters into the church.
Resistance to active participation in church work simply shows the carnal mind's subtle obstruction to Christly power, which is destined to heal the world of its sins.
